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From farming to folk rock Musician and businesswoman is set to debut an album, ‘Turn to Light’

By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com

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Playing bingo to help a friend Members of Hangout One Happy Place, a nonprofit that supports young adults with special needs, played bingo and collected more than $1,400 in donations for Michael Francillon, a former member who was struck by a van in January. Francillon has been hospitalized since then, and has undergone several head surgeries. Story, Page 3.

Jill Bellovin, of Baldwin, is celebrating the completion of an album called “Turn to Light,” under the stage name Jill B. Lovin. She is planning at a release party at her Brooklynbased business, Universe City, on Saturday.

For the past two years Bellovin, 27, has been writing and recording songs for the 12-track folk and rock album, with Matt Barba, the owner of Regrown Recordings, a studio in Baldwin.

It will be introduced at Universe City, an urban aquaponics laboratory that is focused on sustain-

able urban farming.

“I’ve been writing songs since I was 8 years old, and consider myself a classically trained musician,” Bellovin said. “In 2019 I recorded and produced a two-track project titled ‘Stargazers’ with Matt Barba, and when that was released in 2020, I kept recording music.”

After she finished “Stargazers,” Bellovin sent Barba roughly 30 more songs, and started working on an album. With Barba’s help, she narrowed the list and, she said, “We eventually landed on 12 songs, which I’ve been working on for over six years.”

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Students get a feel for the courts, and potential careers Baldwin High School’s Government and Law Academy takes part in first ‘Legal Shadow Day’

By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com

Baldwin High School students who are enrolled in the Government and Law Academy had the chance to learn from attorneys and judges in Nassau County District Court during the first “Legal Shadow Day” on April 3.

Eleven students in the academy — which teaches freshman through seniors politics, law, law enforcement and criminal justice — took a bus to the county courthouse on Main Street in Hempstead, where they met with District Attorney

Anne Donnelly, Judge Teresa K. Corrigan, the court’s chief clerk, Donald Vetter, court reporters and interpreters.

They learned about the ins and outs of the courtroom, and the qualifications needed for a career in law.

“Meeting all the court employees and support staff, ranging from court clerk to district attorney, was interesting a n d i n s i g h t f u l , ” B r ya n n a Gouldbourne, a Baldwin High School senior, wrote in an email. “Before coming to this Shadow Day, I wasn’t aware of the multiple avenues of careers available in a court system.

Coming and meeting all these individuals reaffirmed the idea that I want to go to law school and be a lawyer one day. Now I know I can clerk for a county judge, be a prosecutor or even a defense attorney.”

The students also sat in on a murder trial, in where attorneys were questioning witnesses, and afterward had the chance to ask questions of the prosecutors and defense attorneys.

After their time in the courtroom, students were introduced to the civil side of the legal system at the Uniondale law firm Sahn Ward. There they took

part in a speed-networking event, talking and exchanging contact information with nine legal representatives for seven minutes each. From all reports, the attorneys were impressed by the students’ questions and their professionalism.

“I never realized the amount and effort that goes into a

court, especially by different people with different jobs,” BHS junior Kaylah Deriphonse wrote in an email. “T hey answered all my questions and seemed really passionate about their profession. One day I want to be a corporate lawyer, so getting the chance to meet CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Album release party planned for Saturday “Lighting, made me think of grow lightThe album focuses on love, relationships, ing,” Bellovin said. “It made me realize that I breakups, and what Bellovin calls the “low could make a business as an alternative to and high points of (my) life,” as well as being attending university.”

She explained that she and her business an upstanding person, with what she partners, who are all artists and creative describes as a “folky rock vibe.”

Having grown up in Baldwin and graduat- types, try to incorporate art into all their projed from Baldwin High School in 2013, she said ects. They are currently working on creating a culinary mushroom farm, and she’s been involved in music since offer educational workshops to elementary school, when she neighbors in the area about agrilearn to play the bassoon, a rarity culture, entrepreneurship, and for young students. She kept at it carpentry. through high school, and perBellovin said she now has the formed in the high school orchestime to record, and perform. She tra as well as the Long Island plays in the West Islip and NorthYouth Orchestra. port symphony orchestras.

She also taught herself to play “Getting to play in an ensemble guitar and piano, and in two years is a feeling you can’t replicate elseat Carnegie Mellon University in where,” she said. “Individually, Pennsylvania, she focused on creyou’re playing music alongside 30 ative writing and kept up her clasother people playing their own sical bassoon. She learned enough music, which comes together to to be a songwriter, she said, and create an orchestra.” left the college in 2015.

Bellovin said that “Turn to Bellovin return to Baldwin and Light’s” release party at Universe worked for her father’s Brooklyn- JILL BELLOVIN City — at 234 Glenmore Ave. in based lighting manufacturing Brooklyn — will feature a live perbusiness. There she learned to Baldwin formance of her album. She will drive a forklift and worked on the play acoustic versions of the assembly line, but decided that she didn’t want to take on the family business. album’s folkier songs, accompanied by a trio She did however, become fascinated by light- of bassoon, cello and violin. After an intermising and hydroponic agriculture — which uses sion, she’ll perform the rock songs, accompawater-based nutrients rather than soil — and nied by a full band.

For more information about the event, visit that led to the founding of Universe City in UniverseCity.nyc/contact. east Brooklyn.

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’ve been writing songs since I was 8 years old, and consider myself a classically trained musician.

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FOR THE PAST two years, Jill Bellovin, a musician and business owner from Baldwin, has been writing and recording songs for a 12-track folk and rock album, ‘Turn to Light.’ On Saturday she is hosting an album release party at her business, Universe City, an urban aquaponics laboratory, in Brooklyn.

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MEMBERS OF HANGOUT One Happy Place played bingo and other games to raise monetary donations for Michael.

ANGELA LUCAS, FOUNDER of Hangout One Happy Place, organized a bingo fundraising event at Baldwin Harbor Parkand raised more than $1400 to help cover Francillon’s medical expenses.

Hangout fundraises for Michael Francillon

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embers of Hangout One Happy Place gathered to raise funds for Michael Francillon, one of their former members, who was struck by a van last month, with a bingo night at Baldwin Harbor Park on March 18.

Last January, Michael Francillon, 21, a former member of Hangout One Happy Place, a non-profit organization for people of all needs, was struck by a van while travelling on Forest Avenue resulting in severe head trauma. Since then, Francillon has been hospitalized and has undergone several head surgeries while he recovers.

To help pay for medical costs, Angela Lucas, founder of HangANGELA LUCAS out One Happy founder of Hangout Place, organized a bingo fundraisOne Happy Place ing event at Baldwin Harbor Park to help cover Francillon’s medical expenses.

“You can choose to do something or not do anything,” said Lucas. “I chose to organize a fundraiser, and people showed

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ou can choose to do something or not do anything.

I chose to organize a fundraiser, and people showed up to donate money for Michael.

MEMBERS OF HANGOUT One Happy Place gathered to raise funds for Michael Francillon, one of their former members, who was struck by a van last month, with a bingo night at Baldwin Harbor Park on March 18. up to donate money for Michael.”

Lucas said she was able to raise more than $1400, which was donated to Ingrid Francillon, Michael’s mother, to help cover their expenses.

“We got the hangout to come together to support one of their friends, and help a family during a hard tie in their lives,”

said Lucas. “Members made signs, raised donations and supported their friend.”

Ingrid Francillon, of Baldwin, said her son Michael has undergone several surgeries including one on his skull on April 4, which required surgeons to remove a part of his skull to relive the

pressure caused by head trauma. She said he has trouble breathing on his own, and has more surgeries scheduled to help him recover from his injuries.

Francillon said Michael has lost over 45 pounds since being hospitalized and remains in critical condition.

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The hands-on learning experience, the district said, was invaluable for the students. Gabriella Franza, the high school’s assistant director of instructional programs, who helped develop Legal Shadow Day, said she was pleased with the way the event turned out.

“It was truly a pleasure helping facilitate an experience that had our students explore the public and private sectors of law,” Franza said.

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The Law Academy is one of seven Academic Academies offered at the high school. For more information on the academies program, visit BaldwinSchools.org/academies.

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Letter from Liberty New York Water’s President Dear Valued Customers:

We are working hard to get to know and earn the respect and trust of our new customers and stakeholders; engage and support the communities we serve; and be open, transparent, and accountable.

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Local Customer Call Center – Last year, Liberty hired and trained 16 local Long Island residents—many of whom live in the communities we serve—to staff our new call center, which went live last November. We believe it is important for our customers to engage with customer service representatives who are local and familiar with the areas we serve.

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One of Liberty’s top priorities is to ensure our water service is safe and reliable. We would like to recognize our employees—many of whom are proud members of Utility Workers Union of America Locals 355 and 365—whose professionalism, commitment, and dedication make it possible for us to provide safe and reliable water service for our customers.

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GAMES TO WATCH Thursday, April 13

Girls Flag Football: Valley Stream at West Hemp .....10 a.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Malv/East Rock at Elmont ..............10 a.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Kellenberg at South Side ................10 a.m.

Softball: MacArthur at Kennedy ..............................10 a.m.

Softball: V.S. Central at Malverne ............................10 a.m.

Softball: East Meadow at Oceanside ......................10 a.m.

Baseball: V.S. Central at V.S. South ....................10:30 a.m.

Baseball: Baldwin at East Meadow ........................... 5 p.m.

Softball: Clarke at Calhoun ....................................... 5 p.m.

Friday, April 14

Boys Lacrosse: Freeport at Sewanhaka ..................10 a.m.

Girls Lacrosse: St. John the Baptist at Seaford .......10 a.m.

Softball: V.S. North at Baldwin.................................10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Malv/East Rock at Baldwin ............11 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Carey at Syosset .............................11 a.m.

Softball: East Rockaway at South Side ...................12 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: North Shore at Long Beach .............. 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Kennedy at Mepham ........................ 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Lynbrook at South Side .................... 6 p.m.

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Softball: Long Beach at Carey.................................10 a.m.

Softball: Roosevelt at Lawrence ..............................10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Oceanside at Hewlett ....................... 2 p.m.

Baldwin won 11 softball games last spring, however it wasn’t enough to qualify for the Nassau Class AA playoffs.

With the bulk of its roster returning, led by two-time All-County center fielder Dylan Reyer, the goals this season are not only to compete in the playoffs but win Conference III. “It’s very good competition similar to last year,” Lady Bruins coach Tom Llewellyn said. “A lot of teams split with each other and I’m expecting the same thing to happen in a lot of cases.”

Conference III is an interesting mix of Class AA (Baldwin and Port Washington), A and B schools. Baldwin dropped the opener to Lynbrook, 11-10, after winning two of three non-league games out of the gate.

“We’ve developed a knack for finishing seasons strong,” Llewellyn said. “That’s what you want to see as a coach, but at the same time we want to have a better start that we have in recent years.”

Setting the offensive table and anchoring the outfield defense is Reyer, who proved almost impossible to retire at the plate in 2022 with a .700 batting average.

She also swiped 21 bases in 21 attempts. In the conference opener she went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs. “She’s the ultimate leadoff hitter,” Llewellyn said. “She can bunt for hits and also hit the ball over outfielders’ heads. She’s also a great defender.”

The middle infield has a very familiar look with senior twins Jessica Darcy and Taylor Darcy at shortstop and second base, respectively. Like Reyer, the Darcys are in their fifth years playing varsity softball.

Jessica Darcy is an All-Conference selection who batted .472. She’ll primarily bat sixth but could be almost anywhere in the top six, the coach noted. Taylor Darcy’s quality bat control makes her an ideal candidate to hit ninth and turn the order around. “They’re always on the same page defensively,” Llewellyn said.

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SENIOR EMMA GROWCHOWSKI, a four-year starter at first base, had the bat cranking in Baldwin’s season-opening non-league win over Freeport.

Junior pitcher Kate Heuser is a twotime All-Conference honoree and the team’s No. 2 batter who last spring hit .430. She’s developed a nice change-up, Llewellyn said, that should allow her to keep opposing hitters guessing.

Behind the plate, sophomore catcher Erin Timmes brings all the tools. In addition to outstanding defense, she batted .472 and struck out only seven times as a freshman, earning Honorable Mention All-County in the process.

At the infield corners, Emma Grochowski is a four-year starter at first base

and also contributes in the outfield, and sophomore Jayden Culbreath has a laser arm at third and bats clean-up. Senior Kayla Bennett also see time at first base, while senior Brianna Walters is a lockdown left fielder.

Junior Abby Pascual is a key utility piece. Llewellyn said she’ll give Taylor Darcy an occasional breather at second base, DH along with Bennett, and serve as the No. 2 pitcher.

“We have a lot of experience and will need to grind out some tough games,” Llewellyn said.

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Summit takes new look at teen mental health

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

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eachers, school administrators, social workers and mental health advocates agree that, more than ever, teens need outreach and support when they battle negative thoughts and actions.

At the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit — hosted by the New Jerseybased Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — Long Island teens and school staffers received just that: crucial skills to help get through their toughest days.

Hosted once again by Brookside School inside the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, students and school leaders attended keynote presentations, panels, workshops, and even walked through a resource fair intended to connect them to mental health services.

The event was first brought to Nassau County by Bellmore’s Stacy Brief, a licensed social worker who attended Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, and currently works at Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick.

Brief went through her own difficult times in high school, struggling with anxiety and depression. Brief was eventually connected to the teen suicide society, and later would find herself volunteering and working with the organization.

Wellness summits had become a regular success in New Jersey, and Brief realized that same success could be brought to Long Island as well. She approached Mike Harrington, superintendent of Bellmore-Merrick’s schools, and asked if the district would be interested in helping her idea become a reality.

“Stacy was one of my standouts at Mepham,” Harrington said. “A tremendous, tremendous young lady. After graduating, I knew right away that she wanted to get into mental health and pursue a social work career.”

All for the idea, Harrington established a planning committee to create the summit, which kicked off for the first time in 2019, attracting students and professionals from 20 school districts. Last month’s summit attracted more than 30 schools from Nassau and Suffolk counties, including the first Catholic institution: Chaminade High School.

“Every year we try to feature a new coping skill workshop, just to be introducing the teenagers to new concepts, as far as what they can do to cope with stress,” Brief said. “Last year we did Movement Genius, and this year the students (did) a Tibetan singing bowl sound healing workshop.

“I think it’s something very different.

They don’t often have access to something like sound healing.”

The keynote presentation was given by “Lead U,” a “high-energy, interactive assembly,” according to Brief. Created by a group of teaching artists, their presentations engage, educate and empower students of all ages to find leaders within themselves through interactive play and games.

Dawn Doherty, the teen suicide society executive director, described a correlation between mental health struggles and the

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J.D. WiLsON, fOuNDER of ‘Lead U,’ shepherded an energetic presentation at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit that incorporated students and the professionals who work with them. sOphiA BENNO AND Addison Soffer of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore had a blast watching the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit. stACy BRiEf, A social worker who brought the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit to the local community, joined Dawn Doherty — executive director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — to host the summit. coronavirus pandemic. Social media, she added, also plays a huge role in how teens view themselves.

“There can be very positive aspects of it,” Doherty said. “But then, unfortunately, much of it can be negative, with the cyber-bullying and even just the comparison of yourself with everyone else.”

A point of emphasis, Doherty said, is the concept that your friends and others your age are often going through the same thing.

“If you’re struggling, that’s OK, because there are others who are struggling or have struggled,” she said. “We really use the day to enhance coping skills and strategies, and certainly educate on the resources available.”

The commitment to wellness doesn’t end with the summit. For example, the teen suicide society will again host a panel for parents later this year, teaching them to recognize the signs of mental health struggles and how to connect their kids to the appropriate services.

Brief also started another program on

Long Island last September called the Youth Council, open to high school students.

“I’ll be running monthly meetings where they’re going to develop more skills, insight, education and awareness on everything to do with mental health and suicide prevention,” she said. “That’ll be year-round, to develop leaders so they can take (what they learn) back to their communities and develop more structural change.”

Applications for the Youth Council opened immediately after the summit.

For more information, visit SPTSUSA. org/NassauSummit.

Brief has come a long way from struggling with issues as a teenager, and now working to help others finding themselves in a similar predicament.

“We are just so proud of her for everything she’s accomplished personally and professionally,” Doherty said. “But really, (I’m)_just in awe of the success that she and the committee have really had with expanding the reach of this event.”

CALhOuN high sChOOL sophomore Nicholas Senese watched the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit.

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Mount Sinai and LiveonNY teach about organ donations

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

Representatives from Mount Sinai and LiveonNY visited the Freeport Memorial Library on March 27th to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.

LiveonNY is a group of over 300 professionals who share a common belief in the life-saving impact of organ and tissue donation. Their team consists of clinicians, educators, social workers, and others committed to the continuous efforts in education, engagement, and advocacy.

They also offer guidance and support to donors and their families throughout the donation process and beyond.

Karen Cummings, the manager, community and government affairs for LiveonNY was present to highlight and educate about organ donation.

“I meet a lot of people who are waiting for an organ transplant, or who have already received one, or maybe they are a donor family,” Cummungs said. “In my 18 years of experience, I have never heard a donor family express regret for their decision to donate their loved one’s organs to those in need. This is why I believe that the work I am doing is making a difference and is a good cause, which is why I started.”

Also present at the presentation were nurse practitioner for Mount Sinai South Nassau, Amber Vitale and Lina Hoyos, manager of language diversity, equity and inclusion services.

They explained the many misconceptions and fears surrounding organ donation that prevent many people from considering it as an option. One of the most

common misconceptions is that doctors won’t try as hard to save a donor’s life.

This couldn’t be further from the truth.

Saving a patient’s life is always the first priority for medical professionals, and organ donation is only considered after all efforts to save the patient’s life have failed.

They think, ‘Oh my god, if something happened to me, they won’t want to help me because I just talked about doing it,” Hoyos said. “In my years of experience, 95 percent of people’s concerns about organ donation are exactly this.”

Another common misconception is that only certain people can donate. In reality, anyone can potentially be an organ donor regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or medical history. The determination of eligibility for donation is made at the time of death.

The speakers also outlined the process for organ donation, including referral from a hospital, medical evaluation, obtaining consent from the next of kin, identifying potential recipients, performing the organ recovery procedure, preserving the organs, and providing followup to the donor family. All costs related to the recovery of organs are billed to the New York Organ Donor Network and are reimbursed by the recipient’s insurance or through Medicare.

Sign up today to become an organ, eye, and tissue donor and help save a life.

Don’t forget to talk to your loved ones about your decision. You can add your name to the donor database by visiting the New York State Donate Life Registry at donatelife.ny.gov/register/. For more information, visit liveonny.org.

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PASSOVER MESSAGE ‘Sugar and Spice’ rock Baldwin Public Library Happy Easter season to all of our neighbors Cornelius said at the beginning of the show, Kendrick invited and encouraged audience members to get on up and show off their dance moves if they were so inclined to do so during the performance.

Karen Phillips, who is new to Baldwin and who says she found out about the concert from her sister, was the first to take Kendrick up on the offer.

Taking to the dance floor next to the stage, Cornelius said, the one-woman dynamo delighted and dazzled the audience with her rhythmic stretching, shaking, and twisting moves, inspiring others to gin up enough courage to eventually do the same, in their seats and along the aisles.

When later asked what made her come up and break the ice, Phillips said she was inspired by the fact that she suffered a stroke in recent years and now takes joy in movement. Judging by her moves, you would never guess that she once had that health issue.

Cornelius said all-in-all, the audience seemed to have a good time and asked when the next concert at the library is singer John Ciotta, who is scheduled to perform everything from 1940s swing and Motown to ballads and pop music at the library on April 23 at 2 p.m.

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Can you imagine that the creator of the universe, who looks to you and I, and calls us “friend”?

The whole point of Easter is the resurrection of Jesus after conquering death on the cross.

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This is what we celebrate this Easter season — God’s hope, joy and peace for the earth.

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Sugar and Spice, a Long Island-based R&B band, performed a tribute to Women’s history Month at the Baldwin Public Library last month.

Carlise Cornelius, Baldwin Public Library information specialist, said they may have been playing Martha Reeves & The Vandellas’ classic “Dancing in the Street,” but Lady J and the Sugar and Spice Soul Band had the audience shaking, rattling, and rolling in the isles of Baldwin Public Library’s Community Room on Sunday, March 26, while performing there to help close out BPL’s month-long tribute to Women’s History Month.

Cornelius said the band was led by vocalist Joyce Kendrick, the five-piece Long Island R&B band, with their driving beats, honored such phenomenal women in R&B soul music as Diana Ross and the Supremes, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Thelma Houston, Gloria Gaynor, and Donna Summer. She said a compilation of all the songs associated with the singers included My Guy, Heatwave, Baby Love, Can’t Hurry Love, Midnight Train to Georgia, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Respect, At Last, Don’t Leave Me This Way, I Will Survive, and Bad Girls, appropriately ending the afternoon of song and dance with the disco queen’s hit “Last Dance.”

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Lafazan wants to make Nassau carbon neutral

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

From rising sea levels to extreme weather to so much more, climate change is real for Josh Lafazan, and he’s ready to do something about it.

The Nassau County legislator is introducing a bill in Mineola requiring Nassau to become “carbon neutral” by 2035. The bill, he says, acknowledges the unique ecological and infrastructure challenges facing Nassau and Long Island, and seeks to address these issues before they become insurmountable.

“Here in Nassau County, we literally live on an island,” Lafazan told reporters during a recent news conference announcing the legislation. “And while living on an island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes, our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety.”

Long Island faces numerous climate-unique issues due to its geographic location and changing climate conditions, Lafazan said. In fact, a recent report by Moody’s Analytics Climate Risk Scenarios ranked Long Island fourth among major population centers in the country for “its exposure to the physical and economic risks associated with climate change.”

Climate-related threats present a wide range of dangers to Nassau, a number of experts have said — one of the most pressing being rising water temperatures and levels. The Long Island Sound saw its hottest average temperature ever in 2021, according to an environmental study by Connecticut’s Council on Environmental Quality.

Warmer water poses huge risks for wildlife, increasing the chances of algal blooms in the Sound.

Then there are so-called superstorms like Hurricane Sandy. As the world continues to warm, major hurricanes and tropical storms such as this will continue to batter Long Island, experts have said.

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NaSSau CouNty LEgISLator Josh Lafazan, left, joined Citizens Campaign for the Environment executive director Adrienne Esposito to introduce a bill he says would require Nassau County to become carbon neutral by 2035.

Another threat comes from Long Island’s reliance on a sole-source aquifer, which is the only source of freshwater for the nearly 3 million island residents. The aquifer is already strained from widespread use, and rising water levels and other effects from climate change could see increases in saltwater intrusion into the aquifer in the coming years, making the water supply undrinkable.

“This is all to say that there is no more time to debate something that is scientifically factual, and the actions that we take now will protect Long Island for generation after generation to come,” Lafazan said. “This is not hyperbole. Powerful, once-in-a-generation storms that happened once a century are now happening once a

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Lafazan’s proposal would require the county to create and deliver a carbon neutrality action plan to the legislature no later than Dec. 1, 2024, as well as provide progress updates starting from Dec. 24 of that same year. The proposal would also empower the county executive to seek state and federal grants to support the project, as well as create a carbon neutral advisory panel made up of local experts.

While New York state has already made a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2050, Lafazan’s plan would potentially speed up the process for Nassau. The plan will not require Nassau residents to adhere to any new mandates, but will put the onus for the change on local municipal governments.

As a Democrat, however, Lafazan is part of the legislature’s minority. So, it’s unclear what kind of chance this bill has with his Republican colleagues.

But joining Lafazan in his cause is Adrienne Esposito, the executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, a local nonprofit that works to promote climate awareness through education, research, lobbying and public outreach. Esposito reiterated at a recent news conference the dangers of not being focused on addressing the risks of climate change, and commended the proposed bill for its focus on protecting the environment.

“We need to take bold actions to reduce carbon emissions to just try to stem the tide of climate change impacts,” Esposito said. “What we do matters. Local government’s actions matter.”

Lafazan and Esposito also discussed what Nassau was currently doing to improve its infrastructure and address climate issues — improving coastal resiliency as well as increasing drainage infrastructure.

“The irony here is that we wouldn’t need to do any of that,” Lafazan claimed, “if we just reduced our carbon emissions.”

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By Karen Bloom like it and whether I’m going to connect he remains at the top of the children’s entertainment

By Karen Bloom to them through it,” Berkner said. “I’m scene. Acclaimed as the “The Adele of the preschool WHERE also thinking about whether I want to crowd” or the “Queen of kindie rock,” Laurie Berkner art change the It’sagain, a question WHEN sing itworld? over and over so I guess is an industry unto herself. The Can first recording artist to that’s the part that connects with adults. perform in music videos on Nick Jr., her original songs, that’s been at theI guess focus of our collective ••Sunday, 11 a.m.

SaturdayApril and 30, Sunday, noon-4 I’m channeling my inner child.” music videos, books, and three original off-Broadway • $30-$75, plus applicable p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, The former preschool music teacher musicals have made her ubiquitous in American culture for centuries. Now as society fees; available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at by day and indie rocker by night, Berkner households.

•TheSpaceAtWestbury.com Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, started selling music of her living life, And her outpouring of music continued throughout the pandemic. navigates the complexities ofout modern • The Space at Westbury, South Campus, Hempstead. room on her own label, Berkner was a source of stability and much needed entertainment — 250 Ave.,Westbury For Post information and to RSVP, art as a path for social change is at the Two Tomatoes Records. in her comforting way — for her young audience through virtual call (516) 463-5672, or visit Now, the veritable concerts. Daily during the first months of pandemic lockdown — Hofstra.edu/museum forefront of artistic expression. dynamo is seemingly then monthly, which still continue — Berkner reached families everywhere. In addition to her 15 bestselling, awardstruggling to cope in a world turned upside down. of Art’s albums, new exhibition, examines musicals, Berkner her off-Broadway “I didn’t know what to expect,” she says. “Families“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museumwinning power of the arts in society. helped develop the short-form animated musical started watching. So many kids were not in school the andcollective not Curated director of “Sing exhibition and on Sprout preschool series It, Laurie!” getting music time. It was very intimate and a way to get us by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant collection andhas inflcreated uence. two Laurie Berkner’s Song TV. She through the pandemic. The comments I received were so — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility “It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating and democratic values series that with Audible Studios, Story Kitchen special. Families would tell me: ‘We see you in our homes, promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, cultivating whoand released themunity,” as 10-chapter audio books now we want to see you in person.’”

Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths thatthe may otherwise be brand. And, of through Audible Originals That moment has arrived again — to the delight injustices art course, they’llthrough be moretheir to come. both Berkner and her fans. She performs a solo ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out “These projects are all great fun to work and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, concert — only her second show poston,” sheThey says.all combine the making pandemic on Long Island — at The voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfi lled. theofbest part oftheir it all, she says, is the Space in Westbury on April 30. of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in theBut hope mobilizing ongoing connection with families.

“I’m creating Billed as a “Greatest Hits” communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to a memory that will stay with them and become concert, it celebrates the 25th stand with them.” partwith of their life. I have new parents who heard anniversary of the release of her This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction Hofstra’s my songs when were little and now bring second album “Buzz Buzz.”

13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up inthey April. theirresponsibility,” kids to see me.

That feels really special.”

“Many of my fans are “We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic says Finally, her fans (who really disabled and immunomuseum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition wasBerkner inspiredreminds by don’t need reminder): “Don’t forget bring your comprised,” she adds. “So it took an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place onaMay 12, 2009, shoes and anoffi animal for your head!” a while to be able to get back to where more than 60 artists and creative organizers metdancing with administration cials to doing live shows safely. It feels so discuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart Photos courtesy Jayme Thornton good to be moving around again a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and and Todd Owyoung in-person.” activism.”

That’s a Laurie Berkner To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s concert. She wants her young fans permanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned in the groove with her throughout the museum their selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing the duration of the show’s 75 all media — from Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, minutes. “I squeeze every ounce of For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia energy I can out of these kids,” she says.

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She’ll perform all the beloved tunes “The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than like “Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)” and “Pig On at this moment,” Albert adds.

Her Head,” along with such well-loved hits as “Victor Among the highlights, she points to the series of prints from the Vito,” “We Are the Dinosaurs,” “Rocketship Run,”collective and For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on “The Goldfish (Let’s Go Swimming).” And more recent fan Rockwell’s 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. Norman favorites including“Superhero,” “Waiting for the Elevator,” and Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he “Chipmunk at the Gas Pump.” considered the essential four democratic values freedom of speech, From the get-go, her audience is fully in sync.“Ifreedom draw of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For everyone in — running, dancing, jumping. Almost every songhas interpreted these iconic works for our era.

Freedoms choice has something the kids can do movement-wise.“It’s Theythe can same composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, jump, spin, blast off. This is definitely not a ‘sit down and watch these (works) show what America is today, our diversity and what we look me’ show.” like now.”

Berkner, based in New York City with her band, is acclaimed As always the museum offers additional as the star of children’s music and the power behind the progressive programming to enhance the exhibit experience. “kindie rock” movement — less saccharine, more rocking music thatinclude an artist panel on Feb. 23, Upcoming events is not dumbed down for children. What sets her apart? music the role of the artist as activist, and a whichHer examines speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters gallery tour with Alexandra Giordano, March 16. without boring grown-ups.

Courtesy Hofstra Universally Museum of Art But it wasn’t simply talent that helped create an entire genre and Photos: Norman Rockwell’s celebrated ‘Four Freedoms’ are reinskyrocketed Berkner to the top of the kids’ music scene.

It was an by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in terpreted as photos ability to gain parents’ enthusiasm for the songs as collaboration well. with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.

“When I’m writing a song, I’m thinking about whether the kids will Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, ‘Lives of Others,’ 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall.

Wish You Were Here

Go over the moon with Wish You Were Here’s celebration of 50 years of the ground-breaking musical masterpiece ‘The Dark Side of the Moon.’ With the iconic album as its anchor, the 10-piece band, known as ‘The Sight and Sound of Pink Floyd,’ continues its 28-year tradition as a leading Pink Floyd tribute act, combining sight and sound to capture the mood, emotions and intensity of the Floydian theatrical concert experience. The show’s unique setlist includes Floyd classics and obscurities of all eras — from ‘Syd’ to ‘The Division Bell.’ The entire Pink Floyd canon is represented, including classic favorites from ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Animals’ and ‘The Wall,’ along with showstopping deep tracks for the true Floyd fanatics. The spectacular multi-media stage production adds to the experience, with moving lights and lasers, vintage videos, flying inflatables, sound effects, wall bricks, and more.

Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. $66, $46, $36. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville.

Tickets available at TillesCenter.org, or (516) 299-3100.

Isaac Mizrahi

His talent goes way beyond fashion. Adelphi University welcomes the famed designer and ‘Project Runway All-Stars’ judge Isaac Mizrahi to the stage.

Fresh off his Broadway debut in ‘Chicago’ and his sold-out annual two-week residency at the legendary Cafe Carlyle, Mizrahi shares stories and songs from his 30-plus years in the entertainment industry, accompanied by his jazz band, led by Ben Waltzer. Mizrahi sings a range of tunes from the Great American Songbook classics to contemporary standards. Expect him to offer his hilarious musings on everything of the moment from politics to dieting to his latest Instagram obsessions.

Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $60, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City.

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The Community Coalition of Baldwin invites everyone to the Grand Baldwin Festival, Saturday, April 29, noon4 p.m. With music and art performances, and numerous Baldwin-based businesses showcasing their goods, taking place in the municipal parking lot behind Subway.

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Englishtown Project Englishtown Project visits the Landmark stage with their tribute to rock history, Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m.

This all-star jam band — featuring members of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Zen Tricksters, and Max Creek — recreates the legendary 1977 concert in Englishtown, N.J., headlined by the Grateful Dead, the Dead family’s New Riders of the Purple Sage and the good-time, southern rock Marshall Tucker Band.

This extravaganza includes “healthy doses” of selections from each band’s sets that day with a relaxed, festivalstyle program. $35, $30.

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On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works

by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Spring Dog Festival Enjoy the glorious grounds of Old Westbury Gardens with your pooch (leashed of course), Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. With varied vendors and activities.

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Day trip to the Catskills SoHappy2Bfit, a member of the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, invites all on a day trip to Resort World in the Catskills, Wednesday, May 31, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. To join, mail a check, cash, or Venmo a nonrefundable $50 fee; contact Sheila Clark at (516) 655-7967.

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Board of Education Meeting The Baldwin School District meets, Wednesday, April 19, at 8 p.m., at Meadow Elementary School, 880 Jackson Street.

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Baldwin Homemakers Annual Auction The Baldwin Chapter of Homemakers invites everyone to their annual auction, Wednesday, April 26, starting at 7 p.m. Enjoy a night of raffles, coffee and snacks, at Baldwin Middle School, 3211 Schreiber Place. For more information, call (516) 341-1986.

AP U.S. History Prep iInstructor Brian China, an experienced AP history teacher, offers an AP U.S. History prep course, Saturday, April 22, 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn strategies on answering questions, review rubrics, important exam concepts and how to earn all possible points.

Class is held at Oceanside Lutheran Church, upper room, 55 Fairway Ave., Oceanside. Course fee is $125. Register at bit.ly/ APoceanside. Call (516) 216-0633 for information.

Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m; Wednesday and Thursday, April 19-20, 10:15 a.m. and noon.

Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences.

Cautious Gerald and playful Piggie share a day where anything is possible in an imaginative exploration of of friendship.

Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

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Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot.

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‘The Wizard of Oz’ Journey down that Yellow Brick Road when the beloved story springs to life, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, 11 a.m; Sunday, April 16, 12 p.m. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here.

Share Dorothy’s epic adventure with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they make their way to Oz not knowing what awaits them. Tickets $15. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore.

For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.

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In what is expected to bring together resides in Rockville Centre.

“I really have a great staff here, and decades of experience and passion, one of New York’s leading consulting planning empower them to show a little more of and engineering firms — Cameron Engi- what they could do.” neering — is merging with IMEG Corp. It Cameron will continue to manage the brings Cameron into one of firm with Joe Amato, leadthe nation’s largest engiing a team that includes neering firms, allowing the experienced engineering Woodbury-based company a professionals like Nick chance to bring its strong Kumbatovic, Mike Hults client base and presence in and Rich Zapolski. the greater New York region “The company we’re to IMEG’s 75 U.S. office locamerging with is 100 percent tions spanning from Boston employee-owned,” Cameron to California. added. “So, it also gives all “This comes after 38 my people an opportunity to years of being totally indeown stock, and many of pendent,” said John Camerthem are interested in that. on, the company’s founder.

In fact, in the first week that John Cameron The merger “positions us we’ve merged, over 30 peofor growth for the future, ple have already signed on and provides sustainability and a future to purchase stock. So, it’s very exciting for for my succeeding leadership and all my me and for my people, too, and we’re all people here.” really looking forward to it.”

Cameron Engineering started off with That enthusiasm goes both ways. a part-time secretary before growing over “We are excited to continue our east the next three decades to more than 100 coast expansion and add Cameron Engipeople with not only headquarters on neering & Associates to our team,” said Long Island, but a major presence in Man- Paul VanDuyne, IMEG’s president and hattan as well. chief executive, in a release. “Their full“It provides some security for every- service capabilities and market sector body, and also enables me to sort of ele- expertise align perfectly with IMEG, vate the next tier of leadership and let allowing us to serve more clients as a New them take more responsibilities,” said York corporation.”

Cameron, who grew up in Long Beach but –Brendan Carpenter

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More pot licenses coming, but not so much here

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

There are nearly two-dozen more conditional cannabis dispensary licenses on their way to Long Island. But thanks to local pushback in a number of Nassau County communities, chances are very low one will pop up near you.

The state released the licenses as part of a broader effort that could lead to 100 more legal dispensaries across the state. For Nassau and Suffolk counties, the 23 planned licenses join the 13 already here.

The conditional licensees are only allowed to sell directly to a consumer.

Albany officials haven’t shared exactly where these dispensaries will end up, but at least one of the licenses was awarded to a Bay Shore husband and wife, according to Newsday. Where else they can end up is actually a small list. Right now, only five Nassau villages allow dispensaries: Oyster Bay Cove, Kings Point, Mill Neck, Plandome and Saddle Rock.

In Suffolk, communities permitting recreational marijuana dispensaries include Brookhaven, Babylon and Riverhead.

Long Beach, for example, has not approved a dispensary, although it has held a public hearing on the matter — a contentious issue in the city. Glen Cove and Oyster Bay, Valley Stream, Lynbrook and Freeport have opted out, among most other municipalities. Any of them are allowed to opt-in at any time, but once they do, “there is no going back,” said Phillip Rumsey, manager of intergovernmental affairs for the state’s cannabis management office.

The other conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses include four for western New York, one for the central region, three for Brooklyn, and five for the Mid-

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ThE sTATE’s CANNABis control board recently approved nearly 100 more conditional cannabis dispensary licenses, with 23 coming to Long Island. But don’t expect too many to pop up in your neighborhood — if any.

Hudson area.

There are now 165 approved licenses across the state, although many municipalities — like New York City — are filled with hundreds of unlicensed establishments, meeting very little resistance from law enforcement officials.

As of now, the cannabis board has granted at least one license in each region, except for the Finger Lakes.

The conditional licenses are issued as part of the Seeding Opportunity Initiative introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year. Through the initiative, business owners that were impacted by old drug laws will benefit first.

Those convicted or related to someone convicted of a marijuana-related offense — or nonprofit organizations who support people imprisoned for such offences — are able to get the licenses ahead of others.

Tremaine Wright, chair of the Cannabis Control Board, said the new licenses “will allow entrepreneurs to fairly participate in the legal market while promoting innovation and creative diversity throughout New York’s ever-growing cannabis supply chain.”

New York lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2021 for adults 21 and older. It grants them the right to possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis, or a small quantity of concentrated cannabis. The state also expunged nonviolent criminal records related to cannabis in the past.

Licensees are allowed to open dispensaries on Long Island, but still need sign-off on any specific locations.

Storefronts need to be approved and cannot have any neon or bright signs advertising any of their products, such as a giant marijuana leaf.

Each dispensary also needs to have darkened windows, or otherwise prevent the activity and products inside from being seen from outside. They also cannot be placed closer than 200 feet from any house of worship, and 55 feet from a school.

Each one must also be at least 4,000 feet apart from another, which will prevent a “Starbucks effect,” with one on every corner, officials said.

Licensees can work with a social equity fund to find spaces in communities to open shop or find them independently. The Cannabis Control Board additionally approved one laboratory permit for Certainty Analytical Labs in Rochester, bringing that number up to 13.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff AGAINST Toqir Hussain Malik a/k/a Toqir H. Malik a/k/a Toqir Malik; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 15, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 25, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1115 Jackson Place, Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in Baldwin, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 54 Block 357 Lots 823-825.

Approximate amount of judgment $596,236.54 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 006885/2011.

The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Scott H. Siller, Esq, Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: March 2, 2023 138112 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Jessica Mordi; Giovana Smith a/k/a Giovana Mordi; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 1, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 24, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 99 East Pennywood Avenue, Roosevelt, NY 11575. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Roosevelt, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section: 55 Block: 483 Lots: 225 and 226.

Approximate amount of judgment $341,969.56 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of

filed Judgment Index# 005321/2016.

The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine.

Michele Bencivinni, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: January 31, 2023 138110

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Carole’s Legacy, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 01/28/23.

NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:1834 Fargo Street, Baldwin, NY 11510 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

138302 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLEY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED ACQUISTION TRUST 2019-HB1, Plaintiff, vs.

GERI F. NUSSBAUM AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF IRWIN NUSSBAUM; ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 9, 2020 and an Order for Extension of Time to Conduct Foreclosure Sale duly entered on January 9, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 1000 Howard Court, Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 583 and Lot 22. Approximate amount of judgment is $447,979.56 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001179/2017.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse,

36 student artists are set to otices represent Baldwin’s schools

rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Lisa Segal Poczik, Esq., Referee Greenspoon Marder, 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138290

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, V. WANDA CRAFT. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 12, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and WANDA CRAFT is the Defendant.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 9, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 38 ALLERS BOULEVARD, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575: Section 55, Block 330, Lot 237 & 238: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT ROOSEVELT, IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001898/2013. Christina D. Jonathan, Esq. Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 138563 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE, Plaintiff against STANLEY SMITH, et al Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered September 20, 2006, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 5 Church Street, Baldwin, NY 11510. Sec 54 Block 481 Lot 423. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $387,480.45 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 007909/2005.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules.

The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee SPSJN209 138565

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPX1, Plaintiff AGAINST ANCILLA BLACK, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 18, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 9, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 881 LORENZ AVENUE, NORTH BALDWIN, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 38, Lot 182 & 183.

Approximate amount of judgment $331,289.13 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002599/2017.

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Students across the Baldwin school district were selected to represent Baldwin at the Nassau Art Supervisors Association All-County Art Exhibit this month.

More than 30 students will represent the Baldwin School District in the 19th annual Nassau Art Supervisors Association All-County Art Exhibit — a professional organization of art supervisors and administrators, which promotes the quality of art instruction at all educational levels and provides a forum for ideas relating to art and art education.

The school district said each year, the

organization hosts the exhibit, which showcases more than 1,200 pieces of artwork, produced by kindergarten through 12th grade students from Nassau County school districts.

The students’ artwork was featured as part of a countywide exhibition of exemplary artwork at Long Beach High School on March 19, 2023.

This year 36 students from Baldwin middle and high school, and Brookside, Lenox, Meadow and Plaza elementary schools were selected to represent the district.

— Andre Silva

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aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-002259 75468 138525 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR CMALT REMIC 2007-A3-REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-A3, Plaintiff, vs.

MOHAMED EL GAMMAL, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on November 17, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, on the north side steps,100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on May 10, 2023 at 2:30 P.M., premises known as 1112 JACKSON PLACE, BALDWIN, NEW YORK 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 54, Block: 356, Lot: 838-840.

Approximate amount of judgment is $688,988.33

plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009776/2014.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee.

Alexander Sklavos, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138546

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2023/2024 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2024 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2023/2024 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach.

A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 3, 2023. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 2023.

MATTHEW R. CRONIN, IAO Chief Deputy Assessor, Nassau County 138706

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST VI-A, Plaintiff, vs. HENRY FLORES, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 21, 2017 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other Relief duly entered on January 31, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 16, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 596 Terrace Place, Baldwin A/K/A North Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 389 and Lot 291.

Approximate amount of judgment is $347,876.08 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002401/2015.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Leland Lewis Greene, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 212634-1 138722

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR RMAC PASSTHROUGH TRUST, SERIES 2010-3H, Plaintiff, vs.

ANITE PICHONOT, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on September 6, 2016 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee duly entered on October 6, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 620 Grant Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 36, Block 234 and Lot 147.

Approximate amount of judgment is $657,329.80 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 004091/2014. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

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Call Desmond for appointment.

A. There are 74 separate jurisdictions, local communities, in Nassau County that have their own rules and regulations on sizes of properties and homes, and how those homes can be used. Fortyone years ago, I came to Nassau as an architect with a minor in city planning, and served on the Nassau Planning Commission committee onte eeper that regulates the use of open spaces and park policies and development. It was an opportunity I hoped would lead to an active role in developing a master plan for the county.

I was optimistic and naïve, but became discouraged when I learned there was no cohesive master plan for either the county or local governments. I was young, and struggling, like many, to own a home and raise a family, and I saw this lack of planning as an obstacle to addressing our future growth of population or the evolving housing stock.

Without a plan, there will be no solution to the shortage of places to own a first home. The volley made by the governor, I believe, was an attempt to change the growing problem of serving the needs of 30 percent of a generation that can’t afford homes. It’s a complicated planning process to create the layers of regulations of affordable housing with alternate methods of using properties safely, without major disruption of traffic flow, sanitation, education and proximity to neighbors.

People, I have discovered, are very territorial, in multiple ways. Hochul forced the start of a discussion that could lead to positive change, but only for communities that look for real long-range solutions to the economic and social factors and the mechanics of housing. Those who reject the future outright, who expect that nothing changes, are basically rejecting people who may have had a chance to live in a place that they grew up in, near family, and who have ties and dedication to their community’s future.

The socio-economic implications of current public policy seems to underscore that the rejection or failure to address a plan is more socio and less economic. The undertones of the rejection could be based more on fear than courage. Communities that fail to plan may as well plan to fail. Depending on how municipalities find ways to reject the need for many types of solutions, they may find themselves facing higher taxes to settle lawsuits or fill in the gaps when trickle-down federal and state funding is denied to them to keep their services operating. We need discussion, planning and forward thinking to solve any growing problem, but first we must recognize that there is a problem.

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e’re going back to the moon, or at least close to it, perhaps as soon as the fall of 2024.

We humans haven’t been near the place since 1972, when those of us who were around at the time were all wrapped up in Watergate and the Vietnam War. In the years since, we have had numerous launches of the space shuttle, and we continue to send astronauts to the orbiting International Space Station.

But last week, NASA announced JAMES the names of the members BERNSTEIN crew who will fly the Artemis II mission in November 2024, a 10-day flight that, at this point, is planned to send the three men and one woman farther than any human has ever traveled. After circling the moon — but not touching down on it — the spacecraft will return to Earth.

All this will pave the way for Artemis III, expected to launch in December 2025. The astronauts of Artemis III are

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slated to walk on the lunar surface, the first time anyone will have done so in 53 years. Artemis III, NASA hopes, will kick off an effort to establish a permanent lunar outpost that will allow astronauts to live and work on the moon.

And that lunar outpost is supposed to help lay the groundwork for an eventual trip to Mars.

Should we be excited?

You bet, Andrew Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, says. Museum officials are already thinking about some type of launch party to mark the Artemis II flight late next year. The museum, Parton said, might invite some astronauts, or other dignitaries, to the event. But a celebration of some kind is in the works.

America’s space program has always operated in fits and starts. It does some extraordinary things, including landing people on the moon for the first time in 1969, and then repeating that feat several times, until the program ground to a halt in 1972, as public interest waned and congressional funding dried up.

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after that until 1981, when the first space shuttle was launched. But the shuttle program ended in 2011, with the last flight of the shuttle Atlantis, after two disasters. In 1986, the shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all seven astronauts aboard, and in 2003, the shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing seven more.

The first components of the International Space Station were launched in 1998, and sparked a great deal of interest. The ISS makes its way into the news every once in a while, when it is visible from Earth — or when students, as is the case now in Long Beach, are working on a science project that is to go aboard the station. But otherwise, it has become a ho-hum low-Earth-orbit presence.

Elon Musk and his SpaceX program generate interest, especially when he takes civilians into space, as he did for the first time in May 2020. But Musk has been getting mostly bad press lately

ASA’s plans for Artemis II and III signal that our space journey is on its way again.

for the controversy that has surrounded his purchase of Twitter.

But here is a fresh start: NASA’s Artemis II, whose crew includes a woman and a Canadian, signals that our space journey is on its way again.

“It should get a whole new generation interested in space,” Parton said.

“It’s so much more than the four names that have been announced,” Victor Glover, one of the crew members, said at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “We need to celebrate this moment in history.” Glover’s crew mates are Christina Koch — a veteran of six space walks — Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman.

Space is infinitely fascinating to so many, but alas, is the same old same old to many others. That, pretty much, is human nature. How much wonder is there anymore over how fast you can fly from New York to Tokyo?

We can hope that the eventual trip to Mars, and someday even beyond, will prove to be something else again, and ignite some passion for what is ultimately the destiny of humankind.

At least for a brief time.

James Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? jbernstein@ liherald.com.

Thoughts for a grandson on his 18th birthday

orget everything I’ve said up until now.

Over these 18 years, as you graduated from binkys to bigboy pants to bicycles to four-wheel drives, the advice to young men turning 18 has changed. (It has also changed for young women.)

It used to begin with, “You’re an adult now; you need to be thinking about work or college or military service.”

That pretty much isn’t true anymore.

The rollout to adulthood is different these days.

And slower. The RANDI advice is less rigid KREISS because the path is less clear.

According to USA Today, some 47 percent of young adults live at home with one parent or two. For all of you turning 18, the pandemic interrupted your lives, inflation is making single-person dwellings unaffordable, the job market is completely weird, and college isn’t necessary a launching pad to work but a time to continue growing up.

That said, the rite of passage is signifi-

cant, because this is your moment. Some day you may be telling children or grandchildren what it was like when you were 18. Today you begin to write that story.

Once the day dawns on your 18th birthday, the following are all the things you can do that you couldn’t do the day before (legally, anyway). You can now, without parental permission: Vote, join the military, buy a pet, get a body piercing or tattoo, change your name, book a hotel room, become a real estate agent, use a meat/deli slicer at a grocery store job, skydive, sign yourself out of high school, be called for jury duty, open a bank account, have sex legally with someone else over 18, get a Costco card, get married, buy a house, drive a taxi, get a license to drive a truck, go to the E.R. alone for treatment, file a lawsuit, adopt a child, create a will, buy a car, rent an apartment, rent an Airbnb, buy spraypaint, buy cough suppressants, or move out of your parents’ home.

Knowing you, I’d be surprised if the first thing you did was run out to buy spray-paint, but I’ve lived long enough to

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know that you never know. I imagine you won’t be adopting a child. And it’s most unlikely that you’ll buy a house. You can move out of Dad’s house legally, but why in heaven’s name would you? Give up the morning strawberry smoothies? Pass up the exotic stir-frys and the mahi-mahi your dad catches on a regular basis? You may be 18, but you aren’t crazy!

Would you like to know what other 18-year-olds have done? No pressure, but Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BCE, completed his studies with Aristotle at age 16 and ruled Macedonia. By 17 he had put down a revolt and founded the city of Alexandropolis. Life is different today, for sure, but people standing in the doorway of adulthood have few limitations on what they can accomplish.

Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he founded Facebook, Wayne Gretsky was a professional hockey player at 19, Pele was 17 when he won the World Cup, and Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17. These young people were outliers, of course. Most of us find satisfaction and peace of mind in

ou have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I’m a bit envious.

managing to live quite ordinary lives.

What we all have in common is the need for solid human connections and a determination to do our best in our time on earth.

You come from a clan of achievers who support one another in our interests and relationships and work. Not a bad launch pad.

I was a freshman in college when I was 18, and it was one of the most confusing times of my life. I had no idea what I wanted to do or how to do it. It was the first time, and not the last, that I sought counseling to help me figure out my path. Always ask for help when you need it.

You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I confess to being a bit envious. You will educate yourself, travel, enjoy friendships and explore relationships. There is no timetable. You can take any leap of faith that beckons to you.

That must be so liberating, and scary.

What I know, as your grandma, is that you have a good heart, an athlete’s determination and a sharp mind. Happy, happy birthday. Enjoy being 18, and don’t go adopting any children or buying any houses, at least until you’re 19.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Losing a hero way too soon

he always had the brightest smile in the room. She was always ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it — whether it be for comfort, or simply for their own smile.

That’s how friends and colleagues described Susan Giovanniello, a volunteer EMT with Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services, who had a medical emergency of her own and died after a shift last week. While it’s tragic when we lose anyone who worked to make the world a better place, Susan’s passing was even harder, as she was just 19 years old.

“Susan, with her contagious smile and demeanor, put forth calm in stressful situations,” Glen Cove EMS said afterward.

“Her enthusiasm for training and teamwork with the corps will be greatly missed. She is a hero, and will live on in our hearts forever.”

It was no accident that Susan was doing exactly what she loved at such a young age. She was part of the Glen Cove EMS Explorers from a young age — a program started through the Boy Scouts of America that provides opportunities for young men and women to explore poten-

tial careers in a number of fields, like those of first responders.

There are now more than 5,000 posts across the country serving more than 100,000 teenagers. Teenagers just like Susan Giovanniello.

We all have busy lives, so we don’t think about the importance of first responders much until we, or someone we love, needs them most. A single EMS responder can head out on dozens of calls on a single shift, and save more lives in a day than many of us could in a lifetime.

We might not think of EMS workers putting their health and safety on the line, as do, say, police officers or firefighters.

But they do. According to Lexipol’s EMS1, Giovanniello was the eighth first responder to die in the line of duty this year.

There was Chad Tate, a firefighter in Sequim, Washington, who was found dead in his bunk. Ethan Quillen, who died after coming into contact with a live power line in Paw Paw, Michigan. Tiquita Miles, who was killed in a collision between her ambulance and an SUV in Atlanta.

Minton “Butch” Beach died from an apparent heart attack during training in

Oak City, North Carolina. Eddie Hykel was struck by a car in West, Texas. Matthew Madigan was also struck and killed by a car, in Detroit. Jay Miles, a firefighter and EMT, suffered a stroke while loading a patient in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.

Even since Giovanniello’s death, we’ve lost yet another one of these heroes: veteran Chicago firefighter Jan Tchoryk, who died after climbing 11 stories in a tower that was on fire.

These are people we never met, and likely never heard of while they were alive. But that’s what makes them heroes.

They weren’t wearing fancy spandex or going by some eye-catching moniker.

They were everyday people, like all of us, who simply wanted to leave the world a little better than they found it.

That’s exactly who Susan Giovanniello was. If you didn’t know her name before last week, that was perfectly fine. It was never about recognition for Susan — it was simply about being there when a perfect stranger needed her most. Offering the brightest smile in the room. Ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it.

Susan Giovanniello was a hero. A hero we lost way too soon.

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LETTERS

There Randi goes again To the Editor: In her column “Writers will tell the story of our times” (March 9-15), Randi Kreiss referenced Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which, as she put it, “speaks to the currents of evil that can sweep away an entire community.” She has no trouble at all vilifying DeSantis, Trump, and Marjorie Taylor Greene in this regard.

However, she conveniently omits Joe Biden and the destruction his administration has wrought on the entire country: a border crisis, rising crime, rampant inflation, supply chain disruptions, high gas and food prices, Covid mandates, no more energy independence, massive federal spending, banks collapsing, instability overseas — need I go on?

With the country currently circling the drain, Ms. Kreiss has successfully demonstrated once again that her irrational hatred for Donald Trump and conservatives takes precedence over current reality.

PAUL TUTHILL Glen Cove

Make Nassau County carbon-neutral by 2035 To the Editor: I begin with a reminder about something that we too often forget here in Nassau County: that all 1.3 million of us live on an island.

And while living on this island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes,

our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety. In fact, Long Island ranks fourth among major population centers for its exposure to the physical and economic risks of climate change.

Reports show that we are especially vulnerable to warming temperatures, extreme weather, sea level rise and “water stress” from our reliance on a sole-source aquifer.

This underscores the need for collective urgency, and how the actions we take now

will help protect Long Island for generations to come.

This view is not hyperbolic. Once-in-ageneration storms that once happened every century are happening every month. Recently, 26 people died in an extreme tornado in Mississippi. Thirty-seven people died this winter from extreme storms in Buffalo. And we can’t forget Hurricane Sandy, in which 44 New Yorkers lost their lives and 69,000 people suffered property damage.

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have ridden through New York City in presidential motorcades with Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Looking out the window of the presidential limousine, I would wonder what was going through the minds of the onlookers lining the sidewalks, or the drivers and passengers in the cars and buses frozen in place as our endless stream of official vehicles made its way through the city streets.

A week and a half ago — on Monday, April 3, shortly before 4 p.m. — I found PETER out. I was driving down Second AveKING nue in Manhattan, approaching 55th Street, when a New York Police Department officer climbed off his motorcycle, which had been traveling west, its lights flashing red, and halted all traffic just as I was about to cross 55th Street.

My first reaction was the thought, wrong place, wrong time. I was already running late for a WABC radio pre-show meeting at Third Avenue and 49th Street. But as I saw the long line of vehicles passing in front of me — the black SUVs, the marked NYPD cars, the unmarked heavyweapons Secret Service truck and the New York City Fire Department emergency vehicle — escorting former President Trump from LaGuardia Airport to Trump Tower, at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street, I realized that I was witnessing a moment in history. A sad moment, with lasting consequences not just for New York, but also for the United States and the world.

Minutes later, as I walked from the parking garage on 48th Street and looked up at the NYPD helicopters whirring in the sky above the city’s giant skyscrapers, my sadness and concern heightened.

The first criminal indictment of a former president of the United States

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was one of only two Republicans who voted not to impeach Bill Clinton.

LETTERS this crisis, and we have the opportunity to transform our communities and make them healthier and more sustainable.

That’s why I’ve introduced legislation to make county government operations carbon-neutral by 2035. The state has already set a timeline of 2050, and there’s no reason Nassau shouldn’t be ambitious in leading the way.

To be absolutely clear, my proposal relates strictly to county government and our municipal operations. So, while it would not establish new mandates for individual homeowners, all Nassau residents would be the beneficiaries of a cleaner environment.

Whether it’s improving the quality of our air, drinking water, beaches, buildings, or parks and preserves, we all benefit from a greener Nassau. And of equal importance, this bill would make the county “climate smart,” ensuring that state and federal grants offset the costs of these improvements so we don’t have to add a single dollar in taxes. In fact, going green would actually save taxpayers money by making our operations more efficient.

A bipartisan group of mayors representing 130 American cities have joined the initiative Cities Race to Zero to move toward a zero-emissions future. I’m calling on County Executive Bruce Blakeman and my Republican and Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to join them by passing this bill and making Nassau County the 131st participant. We don’t have any time to waste.

JOSHUA A. LAFAZAN Woodbury Nassau County legislator, 18th District

crosses a line our nation has never before crossed — indeed, it is a 21st-century crossing of the Rubicon. I say this not as a supporter of Trump. Though I worked closely with him when he was president and saw firsthand his accomplishment in crushing the MS-13 gang here on Long Island, I am not supporting his current presidential run. This is not, and should not be, a partisan political issue. It should be of concern to all, especially to those who otherwise proclaim their fear that democracy is at risk, but are now supporting or silently enabling this indictment.

Politicizing criminal justice and criminalizing political opponents cannot be tolerated in a democratic society. Because I believe this so strongly, I was one of only two Republicans who voted against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment when I was in Congress. The false argument being used by Manhattan District Attorney

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Alvin Bragg is that no one is above the law. That is a truism not bearing on this case or this indictment.

If Trump were to shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he should be indicted and prosecuted. But to indict him on a state misdemeanor charge whose statute of limitations has expired, and elevating it to a felony by attaching it to a federal election law on grounds that the Federal Election Commission has ruled do not constitute a crime, proves my good friend Judge Sol Wachtler’s dictum that a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.

This is setting a harmful precedent for our republic. Do we want local district attorneys in red states going through convoluted contortions to indict and prosecute members of President Biden’s family? Donald Trump may not be the most sympathetic victim, but this indictment extends beyond him. It is the American justice system that is being put at risk — and that threatens us all.

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

FRAMEWORK by Tim Baker

To the Editor: The physically disabled are facing challenges changing trains at Jamaica Station to reach Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn, but that comes as no surprise to me. I have written about this issue for years, prior to the opening of the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Madison.

Since the passage of the 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Federal Transit Administration has provided billions of dollars in grant funds to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bringing New York City Transit, Long Island and Metro North Rail Road stations into full compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. But the complex transfer at Jamaica is a significant step backward for the LIRR, which eliminated cross-platform transfers between trains arriving on tracks 1, 2 and 3 for those traveling to Brooklyn.

The MTA must be in compliance with the current FTA ADA plan in order to maintain eligibility for future federal funding. Should anyone from the disabled community file a formal complaint with the FTA and MTA, that could adversely impact that funding.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who worked in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management for three decades.

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BALDWIN HERALD — April 13, 2023

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